Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-13


msmst oar ois-sine friend, DF. kel'
vhsdby Island. lans week II
.srsess a seattlA The hearty
-. cane straight from The heart
go grtp wens home 70 . hurt, yei
- - srs~yience q pleasure from The
wssre ali vsry much interested II
- urs.fng q What you are doing np
-. add only wish more Of rs had
s.-esru.s q The back Of a, 30 We, too,
s. faEaing.s
- Doctor VS. notified, night then
- .hsrs. shat he should Be published
.al.Inx such . remark.
nav sarmins A pretty notion.
Il ne Doctor had been here To-
- : fsllow eur tracks, Il Il safe 70
~ Il wouid Be - tired % L he had
- % and down the streets q
sssitls ~ day.
fkh foFeaoon NOV. sdl We begAn
- sbe sugar bests. simpson had
- 40 parallel trenches four fest
-. eseh fifteen inches vide ard ten
-. dssp. ard over thess had put
s.v,ox boards crossways, leaving wide
-, lor the free passage Of air. We
- under The barn floor, on the
gsa. and, By giving plenty Of ven
s.on ID dark, cool place, have no
n.y IL having solid. sound beess
j Aplsl Or Nay.
part q The men commenced digging
s.noss. These are stored In the same
~. only ons must be very careful
sa1as having = great bulk Of carrots
z oss pile. The roots are hauled 10
As bsrn and topped. there, the roots
s.o.ea ana he tops fed 10 the cows.
Taday NOV. sd resumed sowing
chat. found that the disc harrow
ussssa The wheat zoo deep, 80 cut
I'D de old-fnshi0ned brush, the one
sImpson made last spring. Old JeH
apa Dick did not think there was any
SHY farming In dragging that brush
aerass The held; the ground was mel
~ and tke brush did capital work
hsslsF than the drag harrow would
have done could we have used Il for
lhessnbhEsno new-fangied " notion
about that play farming"
The feeding pen got very muddy, 80
pissa he bop yard was cleaned uP
md lhe vines hauled into It. The hogs
esss soon out Of the mud, but is was
no PLAY % set this into the pen and
ptopessy placed. The vines win act as
- absorbent and help 10 increase the
manure pile when rotted.
The last Of the onions were hauled
ii yesterday, but not unloaded-very
late may not save them even with all
he care We can give them--had at least
30 sacks of Of 100 rods Of land. Fol-
loving Aivord's advice, We have put
them in layers six inches deep, giving
plenty Of ventilatIon-piles Of work (,
no play farming" there.
The disc harrow was Tapped on
The sod turned IN July, and weighted
with two sacks Of earth besides heavy
man. This made the team fairly gruns,
hut the sod Has fairly cut through and
through. Three plows were following,
ploEang deep as they went. each
team sweating As they went their
roundAi 90 play farming" there.
Next yeas from this ground We hope
% gu two more sllos beside the two We
have. and, instead OF feeding thirty
cows, as now. to have sixty or more In
ihs stalls wheat ensIlage. clover row.
=. plenty Of sugar beets TO give full
bW Of milk, tallow on the kidneys,
b on the ribs without chop feed IS no
play tarming."
No, Doctor; We all work /" up there, .
and for the dollar 20 pay bills. With
haps At ten or twelve cents a pound
there Ia not 50 much back Of as - as
With hay At $50 per ton. potatoes the
sams, butter At 20 cents, eggs at 20,
and 50 on through the list OF farm
products that are "baek OF US" all, to
move Us ap to better methods, better
iarming. deeper blowing. closer weed
iag, stricler methods.